Bulletin from Bangkok: Protest Rights and Extractive Industry
The BCCLA has been invited by the United Nations to a special meeting of experts, held in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the treatment of the rights of communities and demonstrators […]
PEN Canada, BCCLA, CCLA AND CJFE launch Censorship Tracker
Online tool maps user-submitted reports of censorship across Canada TORONTO, November 20, 2014—In response to the increasing chill on free expression in Canada, PEN Canada, BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), […]
BCCLA reacts to injunction decision on Burnaby Mountain protest
VANCOUVER – Carmen Cheung, senior counsel at the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the judgment from the BC Supreme Court granting an injunction in relation to the protest […]
BC Information Summit: Where’s the Balance?
The pace of change in both the freedom of information and privacy spheres keeps picking up, and won’t be slowing any time soon. Information Summit 2014 features a roster of […]
BCCLA reacts to Bill C36, new sex work legislation
This week, the federal government made public The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, a bill drafted in response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Canada v. Bedford. […]
Spur Festival: “Who Owns Our Secrets? Privacy, Intellectual Property and Free Speech in the Digital Age”
The Orwellian idea that “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself,” rings uncomfortably true in a world of NSA spying and CSEC […]
BCCLA takes University of Victoria to court on free speech
The BCCLA and a member of a University of Victoria pro-life club (Youth Protecting Youth) have filed a constitutional lawsuit naming the University of Victoria and its Student Society, seeking […]
City of Victoria ‘code of conduct’ for Councillors would censor important speech
This morning the City of Victoria’s Government and Priorities Committee of Council will consider a motion to adopt a code of conduct for its city Councillors. While we agree that […]
Sunshine Summit: Who`s Defending Your Right to Know?
What secrets is our government keeping? And who is protecting your right to know? In recognition of Right to Know Week, the Privacy and Access Council of Canada ask these […]
‘Test case’ against defamation laws fails in rural dispute
By Cam Fortems Published August 1, 2013/ kamloopsnews.ca A resident of a rural area near Lytton lost a bid to have a defamation suit against her dismissed, the latest salvo […]